BILL NUMBER: AB 2733	CHAPTERED  09/26/00

	CHAPTER   642
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 26, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   SEPTEMBER 24, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   AUGUST 31, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 31, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   AUGUST 30, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   AUGUST 25, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   AUGUST 14, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MAY 30, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MAY 2, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 24, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Wesson

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2000

   An act to add Section 33319.3 to the Education Code, and to amend
Sections 11113 and 11219 of, and to add Sections 13210 and 13351.8
to, the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2733, Wesson.  Driving education and offenses:  road rage.
   (1) Existing law includes automobile driver education among the
areas of study in grades 7 to 12, inclusive.  Existing law also
specifies the topics to be covered in an automobile driver education
course.
   This bill would require the State Department of Education to
prepare certain materials that focus on the reduction of future
driving violations, with particular emphasis on aggressive driving
behavior and behavior commonly known as "road rage," and to make
these materials available to school districts to use at the option of
the district.
   (2) Existing law makes it a misdemeanor or felony for a person to
commit an assault upon the person of another with a deadly weapon or
instrument, other than a firearm or by any means of abuse likely to
produce great bodily injury.
   This bill would authorize a court to order the suspension of the
driving privilege of any operator of a motor vehicle who commits an
assault on an operator or passenger of another motor vehicle, an
operator of a bicycle, or a pedestrian and the offense occurs on a
highway.  In addition to or in lieu of the suspension, the bill would
authorize the court to require the person convicted to complete an
anger management course.  The bill would provide for a 6 month
suspension for a first offense and a one year suspension for a second
offense, which the department would be required to impose upon
receipt of an abstract of conviction.
   (3) Existing law authorizes the Director of Motor Vehicles to
prescribe rules and regulations regarding the conduct of courses
offered at driving schools and traffic violator schools.
   This bill would require the director, in connection with the
issuance of rules and regulations relating to driving schools and
traffic violator schools, to require, as a component of the
curriculum, an examination of driver attitude and motivation that
focuses on the reduction of future driving violations, with
particular emphasis on agressive driving behavior and behavior known
as "road rage."


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 33319.3 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   33319.3.  The State Department of Education shall prepare
materials on driver attitude and motivation that focus on the
reduction of driving violations with particular emphasis on
aggressive driving behavior and behavior commonly known as "road rage"
and shall make these materials available to school districts to use
in connection with programs of automobile driving education, at the
option of the school district.
  SEC. 2.  Section 11113 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
   11113.  (a) The director may prescribe rules and regulations for
driving schools regarding the conduct of courses of driver education
and driver training, including curriculum, facilities, and equipment.
  The rules and regulations regarding curriculum shall require both
of the following:
   (1) A component relating to the dangers involved in consuming
alcohol or drugs in connection with the operation of a motor vehicle.

   (2) A component examining driver attitude and motivation that
focuses on the reduction of future driving violations, with
particular emphasis on aggressive driving behavior and behavior
commonly known as "road rage."
   (b) The director may also prescribe rules and regulations for the
conduct of driving instructor training courses required by Sections
11102.5 and 11104, including curriculum, facilities, and equipment.
The department shall monitor instruction given by driving schools.
  SEC. 3.  Section 11219 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
   11219.  The director may prescribe rules and regulations for
traffic violator schools regarding the conduct of courses of
education including curriculum, facilities, and equipment.  The
curriculum shall include, but not be limited to, a component
examining driver attitude and motivation that focuses on the
reduction of future driving violations, with particular emphasis on
aggressive driving behavior and behavior commonly known as "road
rage." The director may also prescribe rules and regulations for the
conduct of instructor training courses.
  SEC. 4.  Section 13210 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:
   13210.  In addition to the penalties set forth in subdivision (a)
of Section 245 of the Penal Code, the court may order the suspension
of the driving privilege of any operator of a motor vehicle who
commits an assault as described in subdivision (a) of Section 245 of
the Penal Code on an operator or passenger of another motor vehicle,
an operator of a bicycle, or a pedestrian and the offense occurs on a
highway.  The suspension period authorized under this section for an
assault commonly known as "road rage," shall be six months for a
first offense and one year for a second or subsequent offense to
commence, at the discretion of the court, either  on the date of the
person's conviction, or upon the person's release from confinement or
imprisonment.  The court may, in lieu of or in addition to the
suspension of the driving privilege, order a person convicted under
this section to complete a court-approved anger management or "road
rage" course, subsequent to the date of the current violation.
  SEC. 5.  Section 13351.8 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:
   13351.8.  Upon receipt of a duly certified abstract of the record
of any court showing that  the court has ordered the suspension of a
driver's license pursuant to Section 13210, on or after January 1,
2001, the department shall suspend the person's driving privilege in
accordance with that suspension order commencing either on the date
of the person's conviction or upon the person's release from
confinement or imprisonment.
